Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is ordering the Navy to rename a ship named after gay rights activist Harvey Milk.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters while attending the 2025 Easter Egg Roll with his family on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Pete Hegseth was sworn in Saturday as the nation's 29th secretary of defense, quickly joining President Trump's Cabinet after a dramatic late-night vote in the Senate installed him as the Pentagon ...

YOKOSUKA (WAVY) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin went onboard USS George Washington right after its deployment to Japan. This comes within just a few weeks after two sailors died shortly after ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the ... a commercial jet and a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night. Hegseth confirmed the probe ...

President-elect Donald Trump may have made a mistake in choosing Fox News personality Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense. However, the nomination merits an open mind. Hegseth is a problematic ...

The biographies of modern defense secretaries read like ... leaders with little to no experience in the Washington bubble. Trump nominated a secretary of education, Linda McMahon, who does not ...

The Washington ... from his work in defense contracting matters and whether he is qualified to play such a major role in helping run the Pentagon. The deputy defense secretary typically manages ...